Auburn University
Auburn University
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Functions of Master Plan

Auburn University was established in 1856 as the East Alabama Male College, twenty years after the city of Auburn's founding. In 1859, Auburn's patrons erected and equipped a four-story building at the cost of $1,100 and opened its doors on October 1st to eighty students, six faculty members, and a preparatory enrollment of one hundred. After one of year of establishment, five students earned degrees.

As of the Fall of 2006 , the main campus has an enrollment of 23,547. Auburn University offers degrees in 13 schools and colleges at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. The Auburn University main campus now covers 1,871 acres with 86 buildings.

Auburn University at Montgomery was established as a separately administered branch campus in 1967.  The institution has developed rapidly, especially since moving to a 500-acre campus east of Montgomery in 1971.  Current enrollment at AUM is about 5,500.

As Auburn University has developed into one of the largest universities in the South, competition for the best students and faculty has intensified and rising expectations will require Auburn to adapt more quickly than ever in past eras. Auburn University needs a method to respond promptly and appropriately to new educational ideas and opportunities. The Master Plan is a tool that defines development options based on an institution's inherent strengths, resources and vision. The Master Plan is tightly linked to the Auburn University Strategic Plan and defines how the facilities and space that is the campus will support the implementation of the Strategic Plan.

The Master Plan:

  • Establishes overall goals, objectives, and design principles that serve as a framework for future physical development.
  • Provides long range planning for architecture, land use, space use, landscape, transportation, parking and utilities.

The Auburn University Campus Master Plan will assess and quantify the campus' ability to accommodate physical expansion and provide a flexible "blueprint" to guide this growth in a consistent and harmonious manner that supports institutional goals.

 
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